Personally emailed by a crew member working on the show.
News Season 2 begins production 16th April, has 15 episodes, 1st half will premiere THIS YEAR
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If this turns out to be true, and I hope it does, I wonder if CBS might have had anything to do with perhaps, speeding things up a bit so that the gap between seasons isn't so long. And might the cancelling of subscriptions following the end of the first season have been a determining factor in getting the show back in 2018 rather than 2019. As I said, if this turns out to be true.
If this turns out to be true, and I also hope it does, we'll know who the new captain of Discovery is - and who's playing Christopher Pike and his crew - in the next couple weeks.
Great news if this is the case.
The April filming date was confirmed back in February
https://trekmovie.com/2018/02/12/ku...on-2-surprises-confirms-april-shooting-start/
https://trekmovie.com/2018/02/12/ku...on-2-surprises-confirms-april-shooting-start/
It probably won't happen but I keep hoping, if we see Spock, they have a reveal and it's Zachary Quinto.
I agree that mass cancellations of CBS AA accounts probably influenced 2nd season starting in 2018 instead of the earlier reported 2019.
The producers did say they didn't plan to cast that role. Quinto is one actor that wouldn't need to audition.
The producers did say they didn't plan to cast that role. Quinto is one actor that wouldn't need to audition.
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I heard from a very reliable source that Javid Iqbal is playing Pike.
I reckon it was always coming September - that's when Amazon UK has the first season 2 merchandise coming out anyway.
Oh, good! He's so talented, and I've been worried about him. He stopped tweeting partway through the season.
Ugh, eww.... nope. That would be confusing; he's the wrong age, and has a terrible demeanor for Spock. Literally ANYONE else...... hopefully a complete unknown that actually GETS and *understands* the part....Quinto? I'd probably stop watching..... :P
Yeah---While it sounds great I would like more than--"my inside man says". Many things can delay production. I will cross fingers though. Maybe this weekends panel will drop some official info.
Yeah, the guy Leonard Nimoy himself backed as the new Spock (and became close friends with) totally doesn't understand the role.
That said, I doubt it'll be Zachary. DISCO will have their own Spock just like Supergirl has it's own version of Superman. And they'll wheel him and the Enterprise out whenever they need a boost.
I've been expecting a September/October return myself. The only source I recall giving an "early 2019" date was Harberts, and he was just saying that would be his preference. I always figured the suits at CBS would want to push for a fall return. They haven't built up the catalog of original programming on All Access to the point where they can weather that long of a break.
I do think we're likely to get a shorter fall run this year (6 or 7 episodes as opposed to the nine we got last year) given the April start for production - assuming this report is accurate.
This is good news! It should be airing right after season 2 of "The Expanse" wraps up so my scifi addiction will be well fed this year
Filming date, yes. I think they're reluctant to announce an air date too early due to the multiple delays last time.
If it is September, that's earlier than I expected, but great news. It would be good to keep up the momentum - the big problem with the Kelvin films for me was the long gaps between films.
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